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A series of six elements called the metalloids separate the metals from the nonmetals in the periodic table. The metalloids are boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and tellurium. ... They are semiconductors because their electrons are more tightly bound to their nuclei than are those of metallic conductors

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A metalloid is an element that possesses a preponderance of properties in between, or that are a mixture of, those of metals and nonmetals, and which is therefore hard to classify as either a metal or a nonmetal. ... Boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and tellurium are commonly recognised as metalloids.

Elements: Germanium; Polonium; Silicon; Selenium...

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